@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 12 days agoBelgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as Kenya warns of changing trafficking trendsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•12 days agoI read the article but I’m still confused as to why anyone would want to smuggle ants.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•12 days agoHey! This guy doesn’t know why we smuggle ants! Somebody else tell them why and I’ll just listen to make sure it’s right.
minus-squareShawdow194linkfedilink0•12 days ago “…messor cephalotes…” Apparently its a pretty sought out ant in research/hobbiest fields
minus-square0^2linkfedilinkEnglish0•11 days agoThis. You can make a small fortune, especially if you are the only supplier. This guy was an idiot tho, dont ruin it for everyone else and screw over a species by taking all the queens from a location.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•12 days agoThere’s a huge pet trade for ants. Really big hobby.
I read the article but I’m still confused as to why anyone would want to smuggle ants.
Hey! This guy doesn’t know why we smuggle ants!
Somebody else tell them why and I’ll just listen to make sure it’s right.
Apparently its a pretty sought out ant in research/hobbiest fields
This. You can make a small fortune, especially if you are the only supplier. This guy was an idiot tho, dont ruin it for everyone else and screw over a species by taking all the queens from a location.
There’s a huge pet trade for ants. Really big hobby.